Pinterest is an on-line pinboard. Members have boards for different interests, can follow other people's pins and have their own followers. My Pinterest boards are here.
Pinterest is useful for collecting my ideas in one place and for storing inspiration for the future. I find it far easier to link to an image than put a website or page in my favourites. A particularly useful feature is being able to search my own pins; this is a quick way of finding something that I know I've pinned.
It saves so much time having resources in one place when the time comes to detailed planning. Resources can be collected gradually over the months prior to learning about a topic.
I tend to pin either as I read blog posts or as I research.
Storing information (I have linked to some of my top boards):
Five in a Row
Learning to read
Science
Books
Home education for older children
Home ed for little ones
Top educational pins from Delivering Grace
Five ice activities
Modelling blood cells
Modelling the nervous system
Saving money on educational trips
Six free maths activities
Ways to save on home education resources
Finding information from other pinners
These are some helpful people/groups to follow for home educating parents:
School House Review Crew
Shecki B
Young Hosannas
Kathys Cluttered Mind
Ben and Me
Chareen {Every bed of Roses}
Sarah @ Frugal Fun for boys
If you are on Pinterest please leave your link in the comments so that others can follow you.
I love Pinterest. I was slow in joining but have been enjoying finding all kinds of ideas for various learning activities. Here are my link http://www.pinterest.com/bahbullington/ I started following you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Beth. Following you, too.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love, Pinterest. There are so many great ideas there! Off to see if I am following you yet.
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Following you Mary. I love Pnterest too so many ideas!
DeleteI pin things to pinterest all the time and then I forget they are there:( I really need to get more organized with it, there are so many great ideas but sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed:)
ReplyDeleteIt can be a bit overwhelming at times!
DeleteI've pinned more than I may ever actually use. http://www.pinterest.com/mommiejennm
ReplyDeleteThere are so many ideas out there! Following.
DeleteI love the idea of pinterest but am not organised enough to make it work. I sure do like looking at everyone else's collections though!
ReplyDeleteI don't think that you need to be very organised now there is a button to search your own boards. That has certainly helped me.
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